Monday, February 22, 2016

The Past Revisited

An old-time gas station

I discovered these murals in my archives, the photos taken four-and-a-half years ago. I have no idea if these murals are still there. The first is/was over a former garage door in Flesherton (Ontario, Canada) and was painted in 2001 by Allen C. Hilgendorf, an artist who created many murals across Ontario. Sadly, he died about two-and-a-half years ago...but he lives on through his paintings.

Markdale Station

Sorry about the ugly shadows! This mural on the side of Markdale's old fire station was painted in 2000 by Hilgendorf. He seems to have had a passion for vintage trains because I've seen several of his works that include trains and stations.

Left-hand side of the second mural

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Trains of old are such an important element in our vast country and murals depicting them are like historical documents. Hopefully, the work of this artist will be preserved for a long time to come. But if not, the next best thing is saving it through pictures.

Nice that reminders of the not so old past. Do you think that people are longing to those days back by missing some old history in their surroundings ? Especially in N-America you find this kind of murals. In Europe barely.

I'm sure they're both still there; I must go and get pictures. You'd be interested to know that the old Firehall has been fixed up and opened as a coffee shop - 'Fire and Ice'. They also sell Chapman's ice cream of course.